monometric (monometrik)

[ II. n. In alg ., an expre ion or quantity consisting of a single term. See binomial. Also mono me. IMG:content-0895.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] 1, female; 2, worker. (Lines show natural sizes.) to Europe, though it has generally been considered of American origin; it is now almost cosmopolitan. It does no great damage, but is troublesome from its myriads, its habit of overrunning almost everything in the house that is eatable, and the great difficulty or impo ibility of its extermination. monomorphic (mon-o-mor'fik), a. [As mono morph - ous + -ic.] 1. In zoöl., of one and the same (or e entially similar similar) type of structure; formed much alike; notably uniform in morphic character: said of a number of animals collectively, or of the zoological group which they constitute: as, birds are a highly mono morphic cla of animals.-2. In entom., having but one form, structure, or morphological character; identical or invariable in form throughout succe ive stages of development; mono morpho us; homomorphous; ametabolic. monomorphous (mon-o-môr'fus), a. [ mono mph alus (mō-nom'fa-lus), n.; pl. monom phali (-lī). [NL., IMG:content-0896.png:[ocr errors] navel.] In teratol., a double monster, each person being nearly complete, but united with the eing nearly com other in a common umbilicus. Mono my aria (mono-mi-a'ri-ä), n. pl. [NL., Gr. μόνος, single, + μᾶς, muscle, + -aria.] order of bivalve mollusks with a single adductor muscle, or with one such muscle enlarged at the expense of another, subcentral in position μὺς, muscle, + -aria. An and remote from the pallial margin. The order contains the scallops, oysters, pearl-oysters, and related forms, and is nearly coincident with A siphon at a. See cut under ciborium.